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by Danilo Kiš (1976)

Seven different yet casually interlinked short stories about revolutionaries, mostly centering around the Russian Revolution

by Orhan Pamuk (1979)

The story of a young Italian savant and his ambivalent relationship his Turkish double in 17th century, their intense struggle of knowledge and power domination

by Natsume Soseki (1922)

A young Japanese “black sheep of the family”, a “straight-shooter” with a knack for troubles and misdeeds, was sent to teach mathematics in an isolated southern islands.

by Kenzaburo Oe (1964)

An alienated youth, resenting the burdens of responsibility that age and marriage has caged him in from reaching his utopian dream of travelling to Africa, is forced to face his deformed newly-born.

A Biography of the Prophet
by Karen Armstrong (1991)

A readable introductory account of Muhammad’s (frequently misunderstood) life and teachings with heavy regards on the common (mis)conceptions of Islam, particularly in regard to the Rushdie affair, the question of jihad, polygamy, and female role in Islamic societies.